Amusement apparatus



' May 12, 1925. 1,537,840

s. J. LUBMAN AMUSEMENT APPARATUS Filed Feb. '1 1925 JzkmzzJlzzbmm 20AI'I'ORNEY WITNESS:

' Patented May 12, 1925.

UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE sIMoN' J. :tUBMAn, or BRO X, new roan.

AMUSEMENT ,errana'rns.

Application filed February To (ZZZ 712720721. it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Simon J. LUBMAN, a citizen of Russia, residing atBronx, in the county of Bronx and State of NewYork,

have invented new and useful Improvements in Amusen'ient Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in amusement apparatus and hasparticular reference to a game wherein the individual skillet. theplayers must be demonstrated before they are declared a winner. p

The primary object of the invention resides in a game wherein the playertosses hoops from a distance toward a target with an etiort of placingthe samethereon, but whicl'rniay only be dropped over the target bycausing the hoop to strike a particular spot formed on the target 01' bydeflecting the same from the back or sides to cause the hoop to carom,thereby requiring a certain degree of skill to be shown on the partofthe player;

Another object of the invention 1s to provide a target for a game of thetype mentioned which is simple in construction, in expensive inmanufacture, and highly amusing in the-playing of the same.

With these and other objects in view,'the invention resides in certainnovel construction and combination and arrangement of parts, theessential features of which are hereinafter fully described, areparticularly pointed out in the appended claims andare illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which y Figure 1 is a perspective view ofmy improved game apparatus.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the target illustrating the various waysin which a hoop may be passed thereover.

1 am aware that various games have been heretofore placed upon themarket which embody a target by which hoops are adapted to be thrownfrom a distance with an effort of ringing the target, but the targetwhich I am about to describe is of a difierent configuration so astoonly permit the hoop to be passed thereover when the same strikes thetarget at predetermined points.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the reference numeraldesignates my improved target and 11 the object adapted to be thrown orpitched toward a target and which is in the nature of a hoop.

The target 10 comprises a post 12 having 11, 1925. Serial No. 8,581.

a shank 13 and an enlarged head 14 at the top thereof. The front andback edges of the head are curved as at 15 and 16 respectively, andmergeinto theshank 13..

The top face 17 of the head is flat and is inclined iromthe back edgetoward the front edge which increases the'distance be tween the frontand rear edge. The angle ofthe top face 17 is other than a right anglewith respect to the vertical axis of the post.

The lower end of the shank 13 carries an outwardly extending bolt 18which passes through a base 19 and is held in a vertical position by anut 20 which co-acts with the threaded end of the bolt 18. It will bereadily understood that a number of these targets may be arranged intiers or rows and to each post a prize may be attached to visiblyindicate to the player the reward for ringing. the particular post. Acoun- I ter or back line is alsov established to limit the pitchposition of the player.

In Fig-urebQ. of. the drawing, there is shown in dotted line, several.positions of the hoop, which makes it possible for the same to pass overthe head 12 of the target. In the position designated by the letter A,therear inner edge of the hoop is adapted to strike the curved frontwall 15 adjacent the top face 17 which permits the opposite inner edgeto freely pass over the rear edge 1 16. In the dotted position shown bythe letter B, the hoop has been deflected from a back wall and passesover the head in a manner opposite to that just described. By reason ofthe diametrical elevation of the front wall 15 above that of the rearedge 16 it is easier to ring the posts from the rear than. from thefront but this is only possible by a carom of the hoop.

Any set of rules may be adopted. for the playing of the game but atleast one hoop may be placed over the post before the player is declareda winner. M I appa 'atus is especially adapted for use in amusementparks, fairs and carnivalswhere a prize awarded the player for hisskillin placing a hoop over the post but the same will also befoundent'ertaining' for use in the home.

I have shown in dotted lines at C in Figure 2, a hoop which is restingon the top face 17 of the post and which may be moved fur ther bystriking the same with another hoop to cause the first mentioned hoop topass over the head for a score.

lVhile I have described what I deem to be the most desirable embodimentof my invene tion, it is obvious that many of the detailsmay be variedwithout many Way departing from the spirit of my invention, and Itherefore do not limit myself to the exact details of constructionherein set forth nor to anything less than the Whole of my inventionlimited only by the appended claims.

\Vhat is claimedas new is 1. Agame apparatus including a post having ashank and an enlarged head at the'top thereof, the front and rear: edgesof said head being curved, and a hoop adapted to be thrown toward saidpost for striking engagement With either the front or rear edge forcausing the hoop to pass over said head.

2. A game apparatus including a post having a shank and an enlarged headat one end thereof, the front and rear edges of said head being curved,an inclined fiat top edge extending from said rear edge to said front bsaid head.

' 3. A target for a game apparatus comprising a post having a shank andan enlarged head atone end thereof, the frontand rear edges of said headbeing curved, and an inclined flat top edge extending from said rearsignature.

edge to said front edge. 4. A target for a game apparatus comprising apost having 'a shank, and an enlarged ed e, and a hoop adapted to betossed over head at one end thereof, the front and rear edges of saidhead being curved, and an inclined fiat top edge extending from saidrear edge to said front edge, a base, and means for removably mountingsaid post upon said base for supporting the game in a vertical position.

5. A target for a game apparatus comprising a post having a shank and anenlarged head at one end thereof, the front and rear edges of said headbeing curved, and an inclined flat top edge extending from said rearedge to said front edge, the angle of inclination being other than aright angle with respect'to the longitudinal axis of said post.

6. A target for a game apparatus comprising apost having a shank and anenlarged headat one end thereof, the front and rear edges of said headbeing curved, and an inclined flat top edge extending from said rearedge to said front edge, the angle of inclina- I tion being other than aright angle With respect to the longitudinal axis of said post for the:purpose of a diametrical increase from rear to front edge of saidenlarged head in relation to the horizontal diameter of said enlargedhead at its Widest horizontal margin. I

' In testimony whereof I have afiixed my SIMON J. LUBMAN.

